Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When a person goes on to that, can he or she see everything? Is it fully transparent, because there is a belief out there that there is a lot of profiling and targeting happening, which can be very useful, do not get me wrong. In terms of the services being provided, we are talking about people who may not be able to type and who can use voice and so on. We all get the positives but it is about transparency around what Google is doing with people's personal data, maybe their children's data or maybe other people in the home who may not be using their sites but who are being potentially impacted by this. When a person goes on to Google Account, can he or she see absolutely everything - all the profiles in relation to him or her and the data that Google has on him or her? Can I see everything there? Is there full transparency around it?

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